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Beast Wagon #1 – Enter the Murkily Menacing World of Owen Michael Johnson and John Pearson’s Black Comedy Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2015

Writer Owen Michael Johnson and artist John Pearson’s Beast Wagon was first previewed back in the latter part of last year with an introductory 6-page offering premiering at Thought Bubble….

Bries Klaxon

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Celebrating Bries, Week 4: The Klaxon Festival Celebrates Comics Art at its Most Inventive

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 26, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

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The Man Called Uncle Tim #2 – Lindsay Draws Returns to Her Saga of Quaker History and Family Relationships

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2015

Last year in this column I reviewed the first issue of Lindsay Draws’ zine The Man Called Uncle Tim; a self-published offering that is not so much a comic as…

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Miseryland – Parenthood Examined in Keiler Roberts’ Appealingly Candid Autobio Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2015

Keiler Roberts is the creator behind Powdered Milk, an ongoing series of Ignatz Award-nominated autobiographical comics that centre around the day-to-day existence of Roberts, her husband Scott, daughter Xia and…

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DIY Cultures 2015 – Celebrate Grassroots Publishing at London’s Rich Mix this Sunday 24th May

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2015

Billing itself as embracing “the spirit of independence, autonomy, and alternatives”, 2015’s DIY Cultures fair takes place at London’s Rich Mix on Bethnal Green Road this Sunday 24th May. While comics…

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A Bit of Undigested Potato – Keara Stewart’s Dream Anthology Features Karrie Fransman, Matilda Tristram, Gareth Brookes, EdieOP, Danny Noble, Rozi Hathaway and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2015

Available at CECAF! The niggling night terrors of 40 creators bubble balefully to the surface in Keara Stewart’s unsettling anthology collection mixing comic strips and single illustrations to bring to disturbing…

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Smoo Comics #9 – Narrative Boundaries Transformed in the Latest Issue of Simon Moreton’s Vital Slice-of-Life Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2015

Available at CECAF! Simon Moreton’s Smoo Comics reappeared earlier this year – after around an 18-month hiatus – with an eighth issue that I described here in this column as…

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Celebrating Bries, Week 3: Dominique Goblet and Kai Pfeiffer Raise the Bar for Visual Complexity in Their Collaboration ‘More If It Clicks’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 19, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

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Ghost Cat’s Pedigree Chums – Welcome to the World of Craig Conlan’s Phantom Feline!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2015

Available at CECAF! Craig Conlan has been producing comics since the ‘90s, including an involvement with the fondly remembered Slab-O-Concrete distro/micropublisher of years past. Conlan’s characters Hairy Mary – a protagonist…

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Everything – Matt Boyce’s Minicomic Anthology is a Disparate but Emotionally Resonant Collection of Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2015

Available at CECAF! Matt Boyce’s Everything is one of those anthologies that may appear a little disjointed at a first glance given that it collects strips that are often quite disparate…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Emma Raby

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2015

Emma Raby‘s stunningly rendered work – with its clear influences from the world of children’s illustration – first came to my attention in the pages of Donya Todd’s anthology Bimba. Her meticulously…

O Scenario - Pollet

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Celebrating Bries, Week 2: An Insight into the Philosophical ‘O Scenario’, by the Pollet Brothers

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 12, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Jess Milton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2015

Jess Milton first came to the attention of many small press readers when her acclaimed short story ‘Canary Girls’ was published in the alternative First World War anthology To Arms!…

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State of the Small Press Nation – A Perspective from a Maker/Organiser

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2015

An account of challenges faced when hosting a small press fair from Alternative Presser Amneet Johal… Throughout 2015 at Broken Frontier we’ve been running a series of articles in this…

Wide Vercnocke - Wild Vlees

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Celebrating Bries, Week 1: Wide Vercnocke on His OGN ‘Scar Tissue’ – “I Believe in the Strength of Spontaneity and Intuition”

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 5, 2015

Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is still going strong under her…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Dreams and Nightmares Anthology ‘A Bit of Undigested Potato’ with Keara Stewart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 5, 2015

Keara Stewart’s “dreams and nightmares” anthology zine A Bit of Undigested Potato is both a remarkable who’s who of UK indie comics and a welcome introduction to some newer talents…

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Alternative Press Takeover 2015 – Celebrate Radical Publishing, Small Press Comics and Zine-Making in London on Saturday May 9th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 4, 2015

Alternative Press have announced the line-up here of exhibitors for their second Takeover event at 47/49 Tanner Street on Saturday May 9th. Championing radical publishing from small press comickers to zinesters, it’s…

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You Chew I Spew – Investigating the Slice-of-Life Zines of Wallis Eates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 4, 2015

If memory could ever be described as a medium to work in then Wallis Eates is one of UK comics’ most accomplished practitioners in the field. Mumoirs, her graphic novel…

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